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What's in a McDonald's Chicken McNugget? 56% of

What's in a McDonald's Chicken McNugget? 56% of it is corn and a tiny percentage is actually lighter fluid (for freshness!). (via cyn-c)

Update: There are several comments in the above thread that indicate that the chemical sprayed on McNuggets for freshness is not butane (lighter fluid). Also, the 56% corn figure counts meat from corn-fed chickens, for which corn is not a natural food. (thx, demetrice)

By Jason Kottke    Mar 23, 2007 at 03:00 pm    food   McDonalds   restaurants

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